Ancient Mesopotamia

By llevy-2021@wornickjds.org
  • 5000 BCE

    canals

    canals
    first cites are created
    first use of irregacion
  • 4000 BCE

    powerful city-states

    powerful city-states
    The Sumer establish powerful city-states building large ziggurats at the center of their cities as temples to their gods.
  • 3500 BCE

    lower Mesopotamian city states

    lower Mesopotamian city states
    Much of lower Mesopotamia is inhabited by numerous Sumer city-states such as Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Kish, Lagash, and Nippur.
  • 3300 BCE

    writings

    writings
    The Sumerians invent the first writing. They use pictures for words and inscribe them on clay tablets.
  • 3200 BCE

    weal

    weal
    The Sumerians begin to use the wheel on vehicles.
  • Period: 3100 BCE to 30 BCE

    ancient Egypt

  • 3000 BCE

    math

    math
    The Sumerians start to implement mathematics using a number system with the base 60.
  • 2700 BCE

    King Gilgamesh

    King Gilgamesh
    The famous Sumerian King Gilgamesh rules the city-state of Ur.
  • Period: 2575 BCE to 2150 BCE

    Old Kingdom

  • 2400 BCE

    new language

    new language
    The Sumerian language is replaced by the Akkadian language as the primary spoken language in Mesopotamia.
  • 2330 BCE

    new empire

    new empire
    Sargon I of the Akkadians conquers most of the Sumerian city states and creates the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire.
  • 2100 BCE

    no more empire

    no more empire
    After the Akkadian Empire crumbles, the Sumerians once again gain power. The city of Ur is rebuilt.
  • Period: 2050 BCE to 1550 BCE

    middle kingdom

  • Period: 2030 BCE to 1650 BCE

    New kingdom

  • Period: 1700 BCE to 1027 BCE

    `shang

    The Shang Dynasty is the earliest ruling dynasty of China to be established in recorded history, though other dynasties predated it.
  • Period: 710 BCE to 650 BCE

    Lelantine War

  • Period: 510 BCE to 404 BCE

    democracy in Athens

    you could vote, you had a choice, you had a say
  • Period: 492 BCE to 449 BCE

    Persian war 1

  • Period: 480 BCE to 479 BCE

    Persian war 2

  • Period: 440 BCE to 439 BCE

    Samian War

  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    The Peloponnesian War

    this war was between Athens and the Peloponnesian league lead by the Spartans.
  • Period: 395 BCE to 387 BCE

    Corinthian War

  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin

    The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China. Named for its heartland in Qin state, the dynasty was founded by Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of Qin.
  • Period: 214 BCE to 214 BCE

    Macedonian Wars

  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    han

    The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period.
  • Period: 1046 to 256

    zhou

    was the longest-lasting of ancient China's dynasties. It followed the Shang Dynasty and it finished when the army of the state of Qin captured the city of Chengzhou in 256 BCE.